<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><strong><span>Graeme Smith is a father of a cute baby girl – Cricket News Update</span></strong></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>Just two days after leading South Africa to an emphatic innings victory over England, the Proteas skipper reached another milestone, but this time off the field, as his wife Morgan Deane gave birth to their first child, a baby
girl, on Wednesday, July 25, 2012.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>Graeme and his Irish pop star wife have named the baby girl Cadence Christine Smith.</span><span> Father Graeme Smith confirmed the news through micro-blogging website, Twitter, on Wednesday morning.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>"Our daughter,Cadence Christine Smith was born this morning, 3,35kg mother and daughter doing well.thx for all kind wishes that was amazing : )," tweeted the Proteas Test skipper, who is in Cape Town these days, on a short
paternity leave.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>The 31-year-old Transvaal born top order batsman returned home from Proteas tour to UK on Monday, to witness the birth of his first child. However, he will rejoin the squad in England, before the second Test begins at Leeds,
on August 2.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>The South African opener was joined in his merriment by the Cricket South Africa as well as some of his teammates, through Twitter.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>The Cricket South Africa Tweeted, "Congratulations to @GraemeSmith49 and his wife @MorganDeane who welcomed their daughter to the world this morning!".</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>Robin Peterson said: "Congrats to @GraemeSmith49 and @MorganDeane on the birth of their little princess. Special time and Godbless.Back on the treadmill now boys."</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>"Morning run with the guys. Congrats to @GraemeSmith49 and @MorganDeane with the birth of their daughter! Can't wait to hear the stories." AB de Villiers tweeted.<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>Smith had tied knot with the </span><span>Irish pop star and model,
</span><span>Morgan Deane on August 7 last year, <span>at an intimate ceremony at St Bernard Catholic Church in Claremont</span>, Cape Town.</span></p>
<p class="x_x_arcticletext"><span>Now, after the birth of his first child, an uphill task of dethroning England as best world’s No. 1 Test team awaits Smith. The Proteas have already gained a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series, with an innings and 12 runs victory
in the series opener at the Oval. The tourists now have to at least draw the remaining two Tests to claim the top spot on ICC’s Test rankings.</span></p>
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